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no...no...NO NO NO...dammit...simmons is shiat...should have given a deal like that to alan faneca and sign a new RG

kind of hard to strike a deal with Faneca when him and his agent don't want to come down on their asking price... The Steelers were in a rock and a hard place really with their current Oline....Noway they could let three Olineman just leave next year.....So Simmons seemed to be the logical choice.....

Since Faneca wants to much money and really does anybody want to see Starks resigned...lol

get over it, faneca is a bitch and cant pass block, he wants way to much money, at least simmons is good depth after we let faneca walk

Exactly Simmons is solid depth for the Oline....Plus his healthy probably factored in his overall average play the last few years...From a torn ACL in 2004 to battling diabetes....

Now Simmons seems fully healthy and his play should improve..... I still think it was a bit much to resign him but the market for players is out of hand anyway so it might be a bargain down the road...lol

Good move. I have to agree about Faneca. His agent wants big time money and doesn't seem to want to budge. Maybe if Faneca kept his mouth shut the Steelers would be more inclined to do business with him. This is a good move by the FO.

I am going to trust the FO and the coaches on this one. I don't believe they would lock in a guy for 4 more years if he hasn't shown them some really good things so far. You don't see them re-signing Max Starks do you? I believe Faneca is as good as gone. O-line will be next years draft priority!

I am going to trust the FO and the coaches on this one. I don't believe they would lock in a guy for 4 more years if he hasn't shown them some really good things so far. You don't see them re-signing Max Starks do you? I believe Faneca is as good as gone. O-line will be next years draft priority!

I honestly didn't figure he'd be getting any significant offer to stay with us after the career he's had so far injury wise. He was a 1st round draft choice after all but between the knee injury and the setback from Diabetes I didn't know if he'd ever live up to his potential. The coaches must know something we don't; I'd bet it's got a lot to do with how well he worked this offseason and the good camp he's had so far.

He's depth for a long time to come and they key with him, like James Harrison is staying healthy long enough to be good week in and week out.

If Faneca would have signed for that much money we'd have done it already but he wants about 10-15 more million than that.